Stamps, Paper, Scissors

Extra! Extra! Deeply Discounted Rubbah!

Get yer deeply discounted rubbah hyeah!

I'm staring at a stack of rubber that's retiring in a little over a month, so there is only one thing to do! Sell off the other rubbah that has been retired for a while and is still sitting here! Gotta get rid of the old to make way for the new (which I'll be putting up for sale on June 1st!)

In the meantime, I have slashed and I mean SLASHED the prices of my older retired sets and wheels. All sets are $5 or less! All jumbo wheels are $2 and standard wheels are $1!

Download JanTinksStampSale2012.pdf (77.9K)

Download JanTinksStampSale2012.xls (26.5K)

 

Priority mail ONLY. Email me with the list of stamps you want, we'll work up a total and figure out the shipping. Get these sets while you still can! Ta!

 

 

 

The retirement list is in da house!

 

You can see it here.

I am offering 10% off all retiring sets as a personal promotion available through me only. To receive the 10% discount, you must place your order through me by phone or email by June 29th and I must have payment in hand by then. The discount is taken off the set price only, full shipping and tax will still be charged. Your order will be shipped directly to you, unless your order is below $69.50 and you would like to save on shipping costs by placing it with the order I will be placing for my class on June 27th.

I am excited because I just placed my order for Sneak Peek sets, papers, accessories, and the new In Colors. So to pay for my big honkin' order, I have deeply discounted the items on my list of previously retired preowned stamps!

Word Document file:

Download JanTinksStampSale2011.doc (269.5K)

PDF file:

Download JanTinksStampSale2011.pdf (76.4K)

Excel file:

Download JanTinksStampSale2011.xls (26.5K)

I slashed my prices by half (roughly!) All sets are $10 or below! So check out that out and contact me if you want to buy any of those sets and wheels.

I also placed an order for catalogs. If you ordered from me in the past year, you can get a catalog for free, just contact me to reserve yours! If you haven't, I sell catalogs for $5, so you can reserve a copy as well.

Ta!

 

New list of retired stamps for sale in the sidebar!

Hey y'all!

It's taken me a while to get to putting a new list of my retired stamps for sale together, but I'm happy to say it's finally ready and up in the sidebar of my blog. Have a look see, won't you? I prefer to sell via Paypal and will only ship Priority mail. I will accept money orders as well, but your set will not ship until I receive the money order.

If you don't know what a set looks like, going to Splitcoaststampers.com and looking in the gallery will give you a better idea.

Thanks for looking!

Retired Stampin' Up! Schtuff...new list, new prices...

Been busy...not stamping, oh I wish, I wish... Instead doing TAXES. I hate doing them, but I actually enjoy making spreadsheets and getting everything together. It's just that I would much rather be doing something else.

The good news is I have almost everything together, except for Dan's business income/mileage and a receipt or two. Will be faxing it all off to my wonderful dad, who is a professional tax preparer and who does my taxes for free, bless his heart.

And I have also been tearing through my retired, deciding what will stay and what will go. A lot of these stamps I was holding onto because I really, really liked them, but after reviewing my stash, I decided that some of them are not necessary to keep anymore, they've either been replaced by newer, similar stamps or I just don't got that lovin' feelin' for them that I used to.

I came up with a big list of what can go and I have adjusted the prices of everything because I want it GONE. Normally, I go through and price based on a percentage of the original price, but this time, I have cut what I am asking down a bit. I tooled around Ebay, looking at completed listings of what I have and what I am asking for these sets is reasonable, IMO. I will again offer a discount if you buy all of the sets that belong to one alphabet, so an alphabet and its number set bought together will get you $3 off and if you buy an upper, lower, and numbers I'll take $5 off.

Here the lists are for download:

Download JanTinksStampSale2010.xls (28.0K)

Download JanTinksStampSale2010.doc (130.0K)

So how does this work?

• I mail priority mail ONLY.
• I accept Paypal or money orders. No credit cards, sorry, I got rid of my merchant account.
  
• If you want to buy these stamps all you need to do is email me at jantink at sbcglobal dot net and tell me which sets you want to buy, your zip code, and how you want to pay.
• I will in turn email you back with a total. If you are using Paypal, I will send you an invoice, which you simply pay following the instructions. I then ship the stamps to you. If you are paying by money order, I will wait until it arrives and have deposited it successfully, then I will ship your stamps.
  

So get shopping, folks! Jan needs a new set of stamps, LOL!  Ta!

New Kit Options

I've got some good news and some irritating news! Good news first:

After I posted my 2009 Stamp-A-Stack kit here, there were some who were worried, 'cause they didn't have the stamp sets I used. Last year, I only used one, this year I used four. So I figured I'd do sumthin' nice for folks who may own not quite so many. Lookie:

 

Aren't these GOJUS?!?!? I think so! (YILM!) This kit is only available through the mail...won't be teaching this one! And you only need Winter Post and one stamp from Sincere Salutations (or a simliar sized greeting). Colors are Night of Navy, Rose Red, Garden Green, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla.

For purchase information, I've created a new kit store page you can reach here:

JanTink's Kit Store

You'll also find I have a limited quantity of last years' kit, something I discovered when I was moving some boxes around. So I have those for sale as well.

Soon, I'm going to be adding some more kits, with single cards and other items I've found that I still have kits for. So keep an eye on my Kit Store...there is a link in the left sidebar under "Services I Offer".

And now the irritating news: Real Red cardstock and Garden Green cardstock, which are used in these kits, are on backorder right now. I expect to get more Real Red by the end of this month. Garden Green has no fulfillment date at present, but I'm hoping it won't be any longer than Real Red. If you order a kit and I am not able to deliver it when you would like to have it, let me know and I will cheerfully refund your money.

If you've already ordered the Dasher/Tree Trimmings kit and you'd like to switch to one of the other ones, please let me know! And if you'd like to simply buy the instructions for one of the kits, I sell the PDF for $10.

It's Halloween, so must dash and start taking kids to the party they are going to! Ta!

For Sale!!!

As promised, here are the sets and wheels I have for sale. My email, if you want to purchase, is at the top of the file!

Note: I prefer Paypal, but will take checks and/or money orders and will ship once the check has cleared. I mail Priority Mail only, unless you buy all of them (ha ha!) and then I use FedEx Home Delivery because it is cheaper.

Download JanTinksStampSale2009c.doc (99.0K)

Download JanTinksStampSale2009c.xls (25.0K)

I will be making another post later today, but wanted to get these up there for those who may be interested!

No card yet today....but a SALE!

I posted this in my sidebar last night, but for those of you reading in a reader, I figured I'd have to get your attention another way!

Mamma needs some new sets of stamps and Mamma has too many OLD sets of stamps and wheels cloggin' up her basement, making her husband suspicious of just what she is running on her side...is it a business or a charity home for aged and retired stamps? Time to have A SALE:

Word File:
Download JanTink's Stamp Sale 2009.doc (419.5K)

Excel File:
Download JanTinksStampSale2009.xls (29.5K)

I mark my sets based on original retail (unless it's a hostess or SAB set). Sets in good condition are usually around 25% off...sets that are more stained are usually more like 30% off. I round numbers down, for the most part, so sometimes it's a bit more than 25% or 30%. Keep in mind that some of these sets and wheels have been hanging around my house for a while, so anything that I had on my list last year that didn't sell...I marked it down 10% more (off the top of my original sale price) and I rounded those numbers down too. Where that shows most is in the wheels; some standard wheels are $3, some are $4. Some jumbo wheels are $5 and some are $6.

You will note that I have a deal where if you buy all of one alphabet (i.e. upper + lower + numbers OR alphabet + numbers) that I will take $5 off the price of all of them.

I ship priority mail only. I take Paypal, personal checks (if you are willing to wait until your check clears before I ship), and money orders. And I'm sorry, but I can't ship over international borders, including Canada. If I do, they come to my house and take all the gold buttons and braid off my demo apron and punch the top of my hat in. And if I were to sell my stamps across international borders it would make Shelli (may she live forever) cry buckets. BUCKETS! And I cannot be responsible for that!
So buy some stamps today...mama needs a new set of stamps!

In other news, I had to call the doctor because I woke up with an ear ache and a head ache after tossing and turning all night, having weird dreams and throwing the covers off because I was hot...and you have to realize it's usually 60 degrees in our bedroom because the heat just does not seem to make it in there (doesn't help that we had to put a dresser in front of the register...was no other place to put it!) It's always very cold in there, so if I was too hot for covers, then I was probably running a fever.

So it's more antibiotics for me. Lovely. I may have to hedge my bets and go to the chiropractor, which I have managed to miss doing for the past two weeks because I have just been too busy! The chiropractor can make all that fluid go away in my ear, which should help get rid of the infection.

Last night was fun. After I slaved all day to prepare my list of retired stuff, I made a stir fry, which I have not done in ages! I started buying food from Angel Food Ministries last month because, while we are not desperate for food or anything, we seem to rack up a hefty food bill every month and I'm looking for ways to save money. I like that there is no income limit and the food is pretty good! I also like that saving money on food allows me to keep donating to World Vision.

However, the steaks and chops I got in the regular box last month were a bit of a thinner cut than we like, so with the pork chops I had, I decided to cut them up and stir fry them. I had a packet of Szechuan seasoning mix and went to the market to buy some veggies to put in with the pork. And it was there I found the strawberries!

This market is fairly upscale, but their prices are very good and the produce is always fantastic. But at this time of year, getting a good price on some of my favorite stir-fry ingredients is not always possible. Broccoli was cheap enough, but red peppers were way more than I like to spend.

So when I spotted packages of red peppers in their discounted rack, I stopped to take a closer look. The peppers were only slightly past their prime and when I found I could get two red and one orange pepper for 99 cents, I grabbed a pack! And then I found strawberries for 99 cents a pound! They were normally $3.99 per pound and I had spent a few minutes rapturously inhaling the scent over at the full price display  on the other side of the store.

Granted, they were a little past prime, but not moldy, just a bit riper than would sell well. I bought two pounds, because I just got a new bread machine with the gift cards my mom and dad gave us for Christmas. And my bread machine makes jam!

But it only does about 1 1/2 cups of sliced strawberries at a time, so it took three batches to use up all my strawberries. Otherwise, it was fantastically easy and I wondered why the heck I didn't make jam more often. Freezer jam is stinkin' easy to do and I could easily go buy up all the 99 cents per pound strawberries and make a bunch at once.

ANYWAY my reward was eating fresh strawberry jam on my toast this morning. YUM. And the stir fry was pretty darned good too! I had tried velveting the pork for the first time and it really makes a difference! It would have been even better if I had used my wok (too buried in the basement to make it easy to get out) and if I had had a better seasoning. Too bad only Dan and I ate it. Laurel tried it and said she didn't care for it. Oh well...can't win them all.

Well, I have to actually think about doing some stamping now. Go thou and do likewise. Ta!

16 Card One Sheet Wonder Kit Available for Purchase

Remember this post?

I had my Christmas Stamp a Stack today at Scrap & Yap and it was a hit! The snow softly fell outside, we listened to Christmas carols and enjoyed the amenities of this marvelous scrap space. All of those who participated really enjoyed the format and got all of their cards done in the time allotted. What more can a demo ask for?

The good news is that I have five kits from this class available for purchase. All paper, envelopes, and ribbons to make the 16 cards shown are included; you supply the stamp set, inks and adhesives. An instruction sheet with photos of each card, complete dimensions for all the pieces and a template for cutting the designer paper are included so that you can recreate these cards with your own materials.

The cost of the kit is $25 and that includes priority shipping. If you'd like to purchase this kit, email me at jantink (at) sbcglobal (dot) net. I take Paypal, credit cards, or money orders. According to Stampin' Up! guidelines, I regret that I can only sell kits to customers in the United States, however, if you'd like to purchase the instructions only (in PDF format) I can sell you those for $10.

If you'd like to also order the stamp set from me, you can do that using my website or those who live in this area can email to have it put on my next group order. Those who order the stamp set will receive 10% off the price of the kit, making it $22.50.

Well, I'm off to work on swaps. Keep warm!

My schtuff came!!! (and FOR SALE!)

My first order from the new catalog came and I have to say...WHAT FUN!!!

You're probably wondering what I ordered...well, here it is:

Stamps
House of Haunts
Holiday Line Up
Sock Monkey Accessories
Nature Silhouettes
Upsy Daisy
Pocket Silhouettes
Say it with Scallops

Wheels
Santa's Line-Up

Paper
Ghostly Greetings
Holiday Treasures

Embellishments
Filigree Designer Brad Assortment
Clips Assortment

Ribbon
1" Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched grosgrain
5/8" Striped Grosgrain - all the In Colors
Kiwi Kiss double sided satin
Riding Hood Red Taffeta
1 1/4" Pink Pirouette grosgrain
7/8" So Saffron polytwill

Tools
Scallop Square Punch
Big Shot Special Edition Starter Kit with Bag

Everything came except the bag for the Big Shot. I am patiently waiting for my bag...patiently...yes that's right! You think if I keep saying "Patiently" that I really will be patient? Bwaahahahah!

Anyway, I had barely time to look at all my fun new schtuff, then I had to take my kids mini golfing. For some reason, they think they are entitled to have FUN during the summer. What nerve! Anyway, once I got back, it was only minutes before I had to take Laurel and her friend to volleyball tryouts. After that, I went to my upline, Sharon's house. So before leaving for volleyball I put all my new schtuff and more schtuff to stamp with in the car so I could play until it was time to go to the meeting at school for parent's whose children were particpating in fall sports.

I spent the afternoon chatting with Sharon and putting together my new stamp sets and sooner than I though it would be, it was time to go get something to eat before the meeting. Sharon said she'd go with me, so we went to McDonald's. While we were there, Laurel called and said she hadn't made the team. While I was sad, I was very happy about one thing: I didn't have to go to that meeting! And since Dan was handling dinner, I didn't have to go back home! So I went back to Sharon's house and we played for the rest of the evening, both of us with our Big Shots cranking out all kinds of cool goodies!

So here's the first sample of what I made...I'm not posting it all...gonna make ya wait! 'Cause I'm evil dat way!:

Ingredients: Stamps - House of Haunts, Sanded; Paper - Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White; Ink - Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss; Other - Top Notes Bigz Die, sponge wedges, Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain, gold brads, aquapainter.

As GOJUS as this is (YILM!) it was also extremely simple. Gotta love that!

I am loving my new Big Shot, especially this die! And I've decided...it's time to sell my other die cutting machines. I just don't have the space to keep them and really could use the cash to put towards stamps. So here's what I'm offering for sale:

• SOLD Cuttlebug - Comes with all plates, which have been used so they are not brand new, but they are no where near being worn out. Does not include any dies. I'm asking only $29 for my Cuttlebug which includes USPS Priority shipping.
• Sissix - Comes with all original parts PLUS the System Converter plate that lets you use Sizzlits, Embosslits, and Sissix embossing folders. It does not include any dies. It's barely been used. I'm asking only $29 for the Sissix with System Converter and that also includes USPS Priority shipping.

I take Paypal, but can also take a credit card or a money order. To purchase, email me at jantink (at sign) sbcglobal (period) net.

Well, I'm off to play some more and try to resist the blandishments of my middle child, who wants very badly to go to the new Clone Wars movie today. She's very persuasive...I don't know how I am going to be able to resist! So being surrounded by new stamps and ribbon and tools should help, right?

Think I'm gonna hide....

In my basement until someone tells me that spring has actually come. Word is that we have yet another snow storm on the way for this weekend. Ugh. Barf. Ugh barf.

Well, I'd love to show you one of my cards today, I don't have anything to show. Yesterday was spent mindlessly watching Project Runway, for which I blame my husband who got me hooked on it. So naturally, I had to watch all the episodes I had missed from the beginning, then I had to sit up here with children while Dan had someone in to record, and by the time that was done, it was time for the season finale and so no stamping was done whatsoever. Bleh.

So instead, I will call your attention to my new stamp sale list in the right margin over there. I still have to go through my wheels, but I have gone through my retired from the last catalog and priced 'em up for you. Note there is nothing from the Holiday Mini...we can't sell those for a year after they have debuted, so I have to hang on to those for now. I've removed all the sets that have sold, since there was a bit of confusion about whether some sets were available...for future reference, check the column that says "STATUS"...if someone is in the process of buying, it says "PENDING", if it is sold it says "SOLD". If it says PENDING, please still inquire...sometimes deals fall through and if you are the next in line, you may just get what you want.

And since I hate to leave you without SOMETHING to look at, I'll show you this great RAK card I received recently from Roseanne Knowles:

I think it's quite beautiful, don't you? Thank you Roseanne!!!

Well, now that I've gotten all these stamp sets priced, marked and cleared away, I finally get to stamp. After lunch...I think. Ta!